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<div class="fp-title"><span class="fp-number">Livre 4, Fable 22</span><span class="fp-text">LE NAUFRAGE DE SIMONIDE</span></div>
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<div class="fp-title"><span class="fp-number">Liber IV, Fabula XXII</span><span class="fp-text notranslate"><span class="fp-correction" title="DE SIMONIDE  (orig.)"><span class="fp-difference">NAUFRAGIUM SIMONIDIS</span></span><span class="fp-original" title="NAUFRAGIUM SIMONIDIS  (texte subst.)"><span class="fp-difference">DE SIMONIDE</span></span></span></div>
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<td class="fp-left"><span class="fp-paragraph"><span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">1&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">L'homme instruit a toujours avec lui sa fortune.</span></span></span></td>
<td class="fp-right"><span class="fp-paragraph"><span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">1&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">Homo doctus in se semper divitias habet.</span></span></span></td>
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<td class="fp-left"><span class="fp-paragraph"><span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">2&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">Simonide, auteur de poésies remarquables,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">3&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">pour apporter quelque soulagement à sa pauvreté,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">4&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">parcourut les principales villes d'Asie,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">5&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">chantant moyennant salaire, l'éloge des athlètes vainqueurs.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">6&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">Devenu riche à ce genre de commerce,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">7&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">il voulut revoir sa patrie ;</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">8&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">il était né, dit-on, dans l'île de Cée.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">9&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">Il s'embarqua ; mais le vaisseau, déjà vieux, fut brisé en pleine mer</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">10&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">par une horrible tempête.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">11&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">Les naufragés prirent l'argent et ce qu'ils avaient de plus précieux,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">12&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">pour se sauver de la misère. L'un d'eux, plus curieux que les autres dit&nbsp;:</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">13&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">«&nbsp;Et toi, Simonide, tu n'emportes point ton argent&nbsp;?</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">14&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">—&nbsp;J'ai avec moi toute ma fortune,&nbsp;» répondit-il. Peu d'entre eux se sauvent à la nage,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">15&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">la plupart trop chargés avaient péri dans les flots.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">16&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">Des voleurs surviennent, prennent tout ce que ces malheureux voulaient sauver,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">17&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">et les laissent dépouillés. Par hasard, ils n'étaient pas loin de Clazomène,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">18&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">ville ancienne&nbsp;: ils s'y rendirent.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">19&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">Là, un studieux ami des lettres,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">20&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">qui souvent avait lu les vers de Simonide,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">21&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">était, sans ravoir jamais vu, un de ses plus grands admirateurs.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">22&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">En causant avec lui, il reconnut son poète ;</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">23&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">il le recueillit avec empressement ; et argent, habits, esclaves,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">24&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">il mit tout à sa disposition. Les autres allèrent mendier,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">25&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">portant le tableau de leur naufrage. Un jour</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">26&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">Simonide les rencontra «&nbsp;Ne vous avais-je pas dit, s'écria-t-il, que j'avais</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">27&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">toute ma fortune avec moi&nbsp;: et vous, il ne vous reste rien de tout ce que vous emportiez.&nbsp;»</span></span></span></td>
<td class="fp-right"><span class="fp-paragraph"><span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">2&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">Simonides, qui scripsit egregium melos,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">3&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">quo paupertatem sustineret facilius</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">4&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">circumire coepit urbes Asiae nobiles,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">5&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">mercede accepta laudem victorum canens.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">6&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">Hoc genere <span class="fp-correction" title="questus  (orig. avec var. orth.)"><span class="fp-difference">quaestus</span></span><span class="fp-original" title="quaestus  (var. orth. corr.)"><span class="fp-difference">questus</span></span> <span class="fp-manuscript" title="Afficher le manuscrit (édition paléographique)"
>[<a target="fppithoeanus" href="http://www.archive.org/stream/lesfablesdephdr00robegoog#page/n126/mode/1up">p.63</a>]</span> postquam locuples factus est,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">7&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate"><span class="fp-correction" title="vedire  (orig. avec f. de voca.)"><span class="fp-difference">redire</span></span><span class="fp-original" title="redire  (f. de voca. corr.)"><span class="fp-difference">vedire</span></span> in patriam voluit cursu pelagi ;</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">8&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">erat autem natus, ut aiunt, in <span class="fp-correction" title="Schia  (orig. avec f. d'orth.)"><span class="fp-difference">Cea</span></span><span class="fp-original" title="Cea  (f. d'orth. corr.)"><span class="fp-difference">Schia</span></span> insula.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">9&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">Ascendit navem ; quam tempestas horrida</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">10&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">simul et vetustas medio dissolvit mari.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">11&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate"><span class="fp-correction" title="Hii  (orig. avec f. d'orth.)"><span class="fp-difference">Hi</span></span><span class="fp-original" title="Hi  (f. d'orth. corr.)"><span class="fp-difference">Hii</span></span> zonas, illi res pretiosas colligunt</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">12&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">subsidium vitae. Quidam curiosior&nbsp;:</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">13&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">«&nbsp;Simonide, tu ex opibus nihil sumis tuis&nbsp;?</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">14&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">—&nbsp;Mecum, inquit, mea sunt cuncta.&nbsp;» Tunc pauci enatant,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">15&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">quia plures onere degravati perierant.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">16&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">Praedones adsunt, rapiunt quod quisque extulit,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">17&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">nudo relinquunt. Forte <span class="fp-correction" title="Clazomene  (orig. avec var. orth.)"><span class="fp-difference">Clazomenae</span></span><span class="fp-original" title="Clazomenae  (var. orth. corr.)"><span class="fp-difference">Clazomene</span></span> prope</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">18&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate"><span class="fp-correction" title="natiqua  (orig. avec f. d'orth.)"><span class="fp-difference">antiqua</span></span><span class="fp-original" title="antiqua  (f. d'orth. corr.)"><span class="fp-difference">natiqua</span></span> fuit urbs, quam petierunt naufragi.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">19&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">Hic litterarum quidam studio deditus,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">20&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">Simonidis qui saepe <span class="fp-correction" title="verus  (orig. avec f. de voca.)"><span class="fp-difference">versus</span></span><span class="fp-original" title="versus  (f. de voca. corr.)"><span class="fp-difference">verus</span></span> legerat</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">21&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate"><span class="fp-correction" title="eratquae  (orig. avec f. d'orth.)"><span class="fp-difference">eratque</span></span><span class="fp-original" title="eratque  (f. d'orth. corr.)"><span class="fp-difference">eratquae</span></span> absentis admirator maximus,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">22&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">sermone ab ipso cognitum cupidissime</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">23&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">ad se recepit ; veste, nummis, familia</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">24&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">hominem exornavit. Ceteri tabulam suam</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">25&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">porrigunt, rogantes victum ; quos casu <span class="fp-manuscript" title="Afficher le manuscrit (édition paléographique)"
>[<a target="fppithoeanus" href="http://www.archive.org/stream/lesfablesdephdr00robegoog#page/n127/mode/1up">p.64</a>]</span> obvius</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">26&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">Simonides ut vidit&nbsp;: «&nbsp;<span class="fp-correction" title="Dixit  (orig. avec f. de gram.)"><span class="fp-difference">Dixi</span></span><span class="fp-original" title="Dixi  (f. de gram. corr.)"><span class="fp-difference">Dixit</span></span>, inquit, mea</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">27&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">mecum esse cuncta ; vos quod rapuistis perit.&nbsp;»</span></span></span></td>
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<div class="fp-translator">Traduit par M. E. Panckoucke, 1864</div>
<div class="fp-la-fontaine">Lire la fable de La Fontaine&nbsp;: <a href="http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Le_Berger_et_la_Mer">Le Berger et la Mer</a></div>
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